Zebulon Rehabilitation Center is the lone option we were able to find in Zebulon, North Carolina. Sporting an overall score of B+, this looks like a very good facility. You can certainly do much worse than this facility. Fortunately, this facility didn't have any bad scores in any of the major categories. Additional information about these categories can be found below.
Zebulon Rehabilitation Center
- Nursing Home
Updated Sep 1, 2022 by Nick Reese
Quick Details
- Accepts Medicare 1
- Accepts Medicaid 1
- No CCRC
- Has Resident Council
- No Family Council
- For profit - Corporation
- Offers Hospice
- Offers Post-Acute Care
- Offers Respite Care
- Offers Inpatient Rehab
- Offers Outpatient Rehab
Specialized Services
- Home Making
- Speech Therapy
- Stroke Recovery
- Amputee Recovery
- Wound Care
- Occupational Therapy
- Cardiac Therapy
- Hemodialysis
- Physical Therapy
- Respiratory Therapy
- Nutritional Counseling
- Pharmacy
- Recreational Therapy
- Pain Management
- Orthopedic Rehabilitation
Registered Staff Hours
Facility Inspections
On top of receiving a great overall grade, this nursing home received an A+ inspection grade. This score is based on the facility's recent inspection reports. An A+ in this category is one of the best complements we can pay to a nursing home. Inspection grades are tied to many pieces of information found on the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Places that score well in this category typically have very few deficiencies on their reports. Most importantly, these places should not have any severe deficiencies which are associated with risks to patient safety. Although this facility had a few deficiencies on its report, none of them were major deficiencies based on CMS' scale. Finally, this facility had no substantiated complaints this year from residents, which is an excellent sign.
Long-term Care Quality
This nursing home also received an A+ long-term care grade, rendering it one of the few nursing homes to receive more than one A+ category scores. Facilities that receive this type of score in long-term care tend to provide consistent around the clock care to make sure patients are kept in good health. In addition to considering the volume of care provided by nurses aids and other staff, we looked at the percentage of residents vaccinated for pneumonia. This facility administered the vaccine to 86.75497 percent of its patients. This is a bit lower than we expected. Although its vaccination rate was a bit lower than we hoped for, at least this nursing home was able to limit hospitalizations. It had only 0.03 hospitalizations per 1,000 long-term resident days, which is a remarkably low number.
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Short-term Care Quality
This facility was awarded its third highest category grade in the area of short-term care. We awarded this facility a B- in this category, which is a respectable grade. In determining our short-term care scores, we assess the facility's skilled nursing services, including those performed by registered nurses, occupational therapists, physical therapists and other types of skilled professionals. The goal is to formulate a tool for sizing up the rehabilitation services of various facilities. Fortunately, it looks like this facility employs registered nurses. Not all nursing homes employs these skilled professionals. However, according to the data this nursing home provided, they do not appear to employ physical therapists. Finally, we assessed the number of residents that ultimately were able to return home from this facility. We found that 5.4 percent of this facility's patients were able to return home. This figure was quite a bit below the national average.
Nurse Quality
The final category we analyzed is nursing, where this facility was given a C. While this wound up being its lowest category rating, this is still nothing to be ashamed of. When computing a nursing home's nursing score, we consider the amount of time nurses are with residents and the level of licensure of those nurses. This nursing home provides 0.4 hours of nursing care per resident per day. This is a much lower figure than we are used to seeing. Lastly, despite not having the most impressive total nursing hours, this nursing home performed admirably in the metric of preventing major falls. This is usually an indicator that a facility has sufficient quality controls in place.
Rating Over Time
Compared to national and state averages across all facilities.
Zebulon Rehabilitation Center Quality Metrics
Minimizes Pressure Ulcers
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 10.09% of Patients had Pressure Ulcers
This tells you the percent of residents that sustained a pressure ulcer. Pressure ulcers are considered by many experts to be an indicator of the quality of nursing care . Pressure ulcers, also called bed sores, are routinely the result of patients not being moved frequently enough.
Minimizes Serious Falls
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 3.86% of Patients had Serious Falls
This indicates the percent of patients that sustained a fall leading to serious injury.
Minimizes Urinary Tract Infections
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 3.21% of Patients had UTIs
This gauges the percentage of long-term stay patients that suffered from a UTI. While a higher rate infections may reflect poorly on a facility's hygiene protocols, it can be problematic to compare between nursing homes due to varying reporting standards.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Psychotic Medication
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 11.74% of Patients use Anti-Psychotic Medication
This tells you the percentage of patients who were given antipsychotic drugs. Antipsychotic medications are given to residents for a variety of medical conditions, including dementia. Tragically, in limited cases, excessive reliance on these medications may mean a facility is using these drugs to subdue residents.
Appropriately Uses Anti-Anxiety Medication
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 22.05% of Patients use Anti-Anxiety Medication
This indicates the percentage of patients who were given antianxiety medications. Antianxiety drugs are given to residents suffering from depression or anxiety.
Managing Depression Among Residents
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 3.01% of Patients
This is the percent of patients showing signs of depression. High rates of depression may indicate a lower level of care.
Appropriate Vaccine Usage
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 87.89% of Patients
This datapoint measures the percent of long-term care patients that were vaccinated against pneumonia and flu.
Residents Maintain Autonomy
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 18.87% Percentage of Patients
This is the percent of patients who required more assistance with activities of daily living over time. Higher levels of needing for assistance with activities of daily living may be a sign of the erosion of a patient's health.
Ability to Keep Residents Mobile
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 24.57% Percentage of Residents
This is a measure of the percentage of long-term residents that retained mobility levels. Many believe that the ability to move around is important for residents' mental and physical well-being.
Hospitalizations
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 1.39 Hospitalizations per 1,000 resident days
This metric is a measure of the number of times residents are hospitalized per thousand days of patient care. Minimizing hospitalizations is key to maintaining the physical well-being of nursing home patients.
Short-term Care: Rehospitalizations
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 24.57 Percentage of Residents Rehospitalized
This datapoint measures the number of rehospitalizations per thousand days of short-term resident care.
Short-term Care: ER Visits
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 11.81 Percentage of Patients
This indicates the number of times residents are sent to the emergency room per thousand days of short-term care. There is usually a correlation between having fewer emergency room visits and the quality of rehabilitation.
Short-term Care: Facilitates Functional Improvement
In Zebulon Rehabilitation Center, 72.58% Percentage of Resident
This tells you the percent of short-term patients that experienced functional improvements, such as with activities of daily living. Higher levels of performance with ADL's typically correlates with better rehabilitation.
Nearby Hospitals
- WakemedAcute Care Hospitals 14.94 miles away3000 New Bern Ave Raleigh North Carolina 27610Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 350-8000
- Duke Health Raleigh HospitalAcute Care Hospitals 16.38 miles away3400 Wake Forest Rd Raleigh North Carolina 27609Voluntary non-profit - Private(919) 954-3000
Nearby Dialysis
- Bma of Zebulon Inc0.16 miles away465 Stratford Drive Zebulon North Carolina 27597CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 30 (919) 269-8889
- Fmc Eastern Wake10.36 miles away670 Granite Vista Drive Rolesville North Carolina 27571Dialysis Stations: 14 (919) 554-1752
- Fresenius Medical Care Northern Wake13.65 miles away2700 Leighton Ridge Drive Wake Forest North Carolina 27587Dialysis Stations: 16 (919) 554-2359
- Fmc New Hope Dialysis13.75 miles away835 South New Hope Road Raleigh North Carolina 27610CMS Rating: 1 stars Dialysis Stations: 36 (919) 231-3700
- Raleigh Dialysis Clinic Inc13.8 miles away3943 New Bern Ave, Suite 100 Raleigh North Carolina 27610CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 43 (919) 231-3146
- Oak City Dialysis14.29 miles away3645 Trust Drive Raleigh North Carolina 27616Dialysis Stations: 10 (919) 876-6827
- Fresenius Medical Care Stallings Station15.2 miles away5420 Barber Mill Road Clayton North Carolina 27520CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 24 (919) 550-7456
- Wake Forest Dialysis Center15.21 miles away11001 Ingleside Place Raleigh North Carolina 27614CMS Rating: 2 stars Dialysis Stations: 22 (919) 556-0968